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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 3h

Shelbourne is another new route that is so much better than it used to be and includes some of the first protected intersections in the CRD. The @victoria.ca side is a quick build curb plunked section with @saanichbc.bsky.social 's section being fully separated bike lanes.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 2d

Victoria is Halifax mixed with Vancouver, but with more bikes.

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Andrea Bellemare @dreabells.bsky.social · 19h

These guys saved their shirts until the 9th inning and it hit so hard when they put them on #BlueJays

Two guys behind Jays home plate in crowd. One wears a white t-shirt that says "ciao Seattle" and the other wears a white tee that says "Seattle lol"

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 18h

We live in the greatest country.

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 19h

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 20h

What an incredible win tonight! World series here we come #mlb #bluejays 🐦⚾

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 22h

We have a bike counter on the multi-use trail going over the bridge. The rush hour is real! You can also see the impacts of unusual weather (snow in Victoria 🤯) and the impacts of seasonal darkness.

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 22h

yeah Swans is great for people watching!

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 1d

A brand new section or parking protected bike lanes on Tolmie Ave complete with an Evo bike share station on the @saanichbc.bsky.social side of the road. #yyj #VictoriaBC

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 1d

Looking a little worn but some Studio Ghibli art work in Quadra Village. Fitting since the Roxy is playing Spirted Away for the next few days. #yyj #victoriaBC

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 1d

@victoria.ca is there an opening date for the new courts at Topaz Park? They look nearly done. #yyj

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 2d

I very much agree. I have heard many arguments that it's low priority because other areas of the system are worse which is true but getting some choice riders for things like a bus to the airport is good brand building for @bctransit.com. At least the bus to the ferry is pretty good.

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 4d

Big news from @bcgeu.bsky.social this morning. Non-binding mediation between the @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social and the union will begin. 23,000 members remain on strike (+400) with an additional 1,900 on an overtime pan (0) #bc #bcpoli

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 6d

An updated plot, no additional escalation from the @bcgeu.bsky.social so far this week. 22,600 (~66%) of members on strike with an additional 1,900 on overtime ban. About 5,000 members are essential.

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Multimodal Explorer @multimodalexplorer.bsky.social · 7d

The City of Victoria has a new protected bike lane on Hillside Avenue. This fills a network gap to connect Quadra Village with the Gorge Road East protected bike lane. #yyjbike #bikesky #victoriabc #bikelanes

*Broomstick skateboard at 4:27 min :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyrK...

Hillside Avenue Protected Bike Lane (Victoria, BC - October 2025)

YouTube video by Multimodal Explorer

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 7d

No updated strike numbers from BCGEU since last Thursday. So today here is the length of time in years to earn back lost wages from 12 days of strike pay (top up strike pay ended Sept 28). Higher income earners lose more during the strike because strike pay is a flat $130/day. #bc #bcpoli

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&rea @0ni0n.bsky.social · 9d

I loved this XKCD map and wanted to see a version for Canada and well, here we are

A map of Canada with the most observed animal and plant in each province/territory entered into iNaturalist (copying a map made by XKCD for the USA)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9d

Seagrasses are great but this is false. Most carbon in the ocean is dissolved inorganic carbon and seagrass carbon is a tiny fraction of that. The mixing of stock and flux is also unhelpful. The only way to stop climate change is not burning fossil fuels.

reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...

Despite covering just Q.2 percent of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10 percent of all the carbon stored by the world's oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.

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Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 10d

A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros

Graph of Canada and US metro areas with a breakdown of percentage of people that live in density density bands

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 10d

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 12d

Graphical chronology of the BCGEU strike #bc #bcpoli

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 15d

Agree but these aren't even route numbers they are just locations. I was at location #8 and could turn left to get to location #22 or straight to location #9. To figure out what these locations are you need a map which defeats the whole point in my opinion.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 16d

It’s so weird to come to social media to be like “how bout those Jays!” but simultaneously wade through the ongoing documentation of fascism in the country next door 🙃

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Jerry Howse @jerryh1962.bsky.social · 17d

“Be careful who you hate, it could be someone you love.”
📍FK Bodø/Glimt, Norway

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 16d

@nanaimo.ca amazing progress! Keep going! 🚲

Roy Symons // Rolling in the City @roysymons.bsky.social · 17d

Filming Continuous Sidewalks and Bike Paths in Nanaimo with @nicthedoor.bsky.social... Metral Drive is still one of the best examples of continuous sidewalks and bike paths in NA... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/filming... #transportation #cycling #cities #street #urbanism #bicycles #fujifilm

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Jeremy 🇨🇦 @jeremy77.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah these numbers just correspond to locations, not even routes. At that point they are just worse and more confusing address numbers but with no street name.

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